Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
Holman Bible
I place my hand over my mouth.
International Standard Version
"I must look insignificant to you! How can I answer you? I'm speechless.
American Standard Version
Behold, I am of small account; What shall I answer thee? I lay my hand upon my mouth.
Amplified
“Behold, I am of little importance and contemptible; what can I reply to You?
I lay my hand on my mouth.
Bible in Basic English
Truly, I am of no value; what answer may I give to you? I will put my hand on my mouth.
Darby Translation
Behold, I am nought: what shall I answer thee? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.
Julia Smith Translation
Behold, I was vile; what shall I turn back to thee? I put my hand to my mouth.
King James 2000
Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer you? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"Look, I am insignificant. What shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.
Modern King James verseion
Behold, I am vile! What shall I answer You? I will lay my hand on my mouth.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"Behold, I am too vile a person to answer thee, therefore will I lay my hand upon my mouth.
NET Bible
"Indeed, I am completely unworthy -- how could I reply to you? I put my hand over my mouth to silence myself.
New Heart English Bible
"Behold, I am of small account. What shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.
The Emphasized Bible
Lo! I am of no account, what shall I reply to thee? My hand, have I laid on my mouth:
Webster
Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.
World English Bible
"Behold, I am of small account. What shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.
Youngs Literal Translation
Lo, I have been vile, What do I return to Thee? My hand I have placed on my mouth.
Interlinear
Qalal
Shuwb
Suwm
Yad
References
Fausets
Word Count of 19 Translations in Job 40:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
I Am The Lord All-Powerful
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Then Job answered the LORD and said:
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Cross References
Job 29:9
the princes refrained from talking and laid their hand on their mouth;
Job 21:5
Look at me and be appalled, and lay your hand over your mouth.
Job 42:6
therefore I despise myself, and repent in dust and ashes."
Judges 18:19
And they said to him, "Keep quiet; put your hand on your mouth and come with us and be to us a father and a priest. Is it better for you to be priest to the house of one man, or to be priest to a tribe and clan in Israel?"
Ezra 9:6
saying: "O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift my face to you, my God, for our iniquities have risen higher than our heads, and our guilt has mounted up to the heavens.
Genesis 18:27
Abraham answered and said, "Behold, I have undertaken to speak to the Lord, I who am but dust and ashes.
Genesis 32:10
I am not worthy of the least of all the deeds of steadfast love and all the faithfulness that you have shown to your servant, for with only my staff I crossed this Jordan, and now I have become two camps.
2 Samuel 24:10
But David's heart struck him after he had numbered the people. And David said to the LORD, "I have sinned greatly in what I have done. But now, O LORD, please take away the iniquity of your servant, for I have done very foolishly."
1 Kings 19:4
But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness and came and sat down under a broom tree. And he asked that he might die, saying, "It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life, for I am no better than my fathers."
Ezra 9:15
O LORD, the God of Israel, you are just, for we are left a remnant that has escaped, as it is today. Behold, we are before you in our guilt, for none can stand before you because of this."
Nehemiah 9:33
Yet you have been righteous in all that has come upon us, for you have dealt faithfully and we have acted wickedly.
Job 9:31-35
yet you will plunge me into a pit, and my own clothes will abhor me.
Job 16:21
that he would argue the case of a man with God, as a son of man does with his neighbor.
Job 23:4-7
I would lay my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments.
Job 31:37
I would give him an account of all my steps; like a prince I would approach him.
Psalm 39:9
I am mute; I do not open my mouth, for it is you who have done it.
Psalm 51:4-5
Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you may be justified in your words and blameless in your judgment.
Proverbs 30:32
If you have been foolish, exalting yourself, or if you have been devising evil, put your hand on your mouth.
Isaiah 6:5
And I said: "Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts!"
Isaiah 53:6
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned--every one--to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Isaiah 64:6
We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment. We all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.
Daniel 9:5
we have sinned and done wrong and acted wickedly and rebelled, turning aside from your commandments and rules.
Daniel 9:7
To you, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but to us open shame, as at this day, to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, those who are near and those who are far away, in all the lands to which you have driven them, because of the treachery that they have committed against you.
Micah 7:16
The nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might; they shall lay their hands on their mouths; their ears shall be deaf;
Habakkuk 2:20
But the LORD is in his holy temple; let all the earth keep silence before him."
Zechariah 2:13
Be silent, all flesh, before the LORD, for he has roused himself from his holy dwelling.
Luke 5:8
But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, "Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord."
Luke 15:18-19
I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you.
Luke 18:13
But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, a sinner!'
1 Timothy 1:15
The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost.